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Cabrera heads to Sydney for BrandCulture

Experienced architect Isabelle Cabrera is on the move, making the switch to Sydney studio BrandCulture, from Populous in Brisbane.

In Profile: 2020 Sustainability Awards Lifetime Achievement award winner, Paul Haar

Throughout a career spanning 40 years, Paul Haar has been immersed in architectural practice informed by deep green principles and active inside small local economic and social systems.

Tone on Tuesday: Tri-Arc Troubles

The Holiday Inn at Melbourne has been in the news recently, as the site of virus contamination suspected to be through the ventilation system. Archi-spotters will have recognized the concave

Katherine English joins leadership team at Aspect Studios Brisbane

Landscape architecture and urban design practice, Aspect Studios announces the appointment of Katherine English as studio director at their Brisbane office.

Yaara Plaves: ' Is building with timber really sustainable?'

When considering sustainable building materials, timber is an obvious option. As a renewable resource we can replace the timber we cut down and grow more. Other building materials are finite, with raw materials being depleted rapidly.

Tone on Tuesday: Vale Dirk Bolt

You may never have heard of Dirk Bolt, but not only was he one of our best architects of the modern era, he went on to become one of the most significant worldwide proponents of sustainable urbanism. His story is exceptional and is worth telling, particularly as a memoriam to his passing in December last year.

Hames Sharley appoints new R &D principal

Emil Jonescu is the new principal of research & development at firm Hames Sharley based in their Perth studio.

Architects Accreditation Council of Australia appoints Kathlyn Loseby as new CEO

The Architects Accreditation Council of Australia (AACA) has announced the appointment of Kathlyn Loseby as the new CEO effective 8 March 2021.

Mim Design adds some 'la dolce vita' to its firm with the appointment of a new ‘director of architecture’

Melbourne interior design and architecture practice Mim Design has appointed Luca Vezzosi to the role of ‘director of architecture.’

Tone on Tuesday: Design Matters USA 2

Last week we covered some design matters of Biden’s inauguration because, as we said, design matters. This week we look at fashion at the inauguration where design is particularly concerned with symbolism.

How Moore’s Law is changing the face of Sydney

A walkabout with Sydney’s lord mayor Clover Moore is not without interruptions

Andy Cunningham on five ways to make the architecture & design industry more resilient in 2021

So much has been said and written about 2020 and the changes it forced not just on our personal lives and our society as a whole, but on our industry.